Leading Systems Lessons from the Power Lab

Name: Leading Systems Lessons from the Power Lab
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ISBN: 9781576750728

ISBN-10: 1576750728

ISBN-13: 9781576750728

Edition: 1999

Authors: Barry Oshry

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This is a study of how systems work. The author maintains that we need to recognize ourselves as systems creatures, see how processes shape our experiences, and develop the knowledge and skills to master these processes rather than be victims of them.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: Ants, Bees, Termites, and Us


Introduction: The Power Lab and the Search for System Leadership



Lessons from the Inside



The First Encounter



You Bet a Bus, I'll Raise You an Airplane



One That Got Away



Begging with Barry



Leadership Lessons from the Inside



Lessons from the Outside



System Story I: The Predictable Lives of Tops, Middles, and Bottoms



Last Hope, Lost Hope: Part I



Last Hope, Lost Hope: Part II



Seeing and Leading the Whole



Exhilarating Concepts



Processes of the Whole: What Does IT Do?



Politics and Preferences



Systemic Imbalance



High-Octane Processes and the Challenge of Robust Systems



Lessons from and for the Cosmos



System Story II: Righteous Warfare between Culture and Counterculture



System Story III: The Terrible Dance of Power



System Story III (cont.): The Dominants and the Others



"I" and "US"


Epilogue: An Experiment That Did Not Fail


Notes


Index


About the Author